The performance of spatial interpolation methods and choropleth maps to estimate properties at points: A soil survey case study

Environmetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-16

  Brus, D J ^a   De Gruijter, J J ^a   Marsman, B A ^a   Visschers, R ^a   Bregt, A K ^a   Breeuwsma, A ^a   Bouma, J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Choropleth map; Inverse distance; Kriging; Mean squared error; Soil survey; Spatial interpolation; Splines; Stratification

Indexed keywords

CHOROPLETH MAP; SOIL MAP; SOIL PATTERN; SOIL SURVEY;

KRIGING;

EID: 0029668041     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-095x(199601)7:1<1::aid-env157>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Article

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